The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.109-110
That under date of July 23, 1910, in a letter
addressed to the then Commissioner of Indian Affairs, referring to Dr. George
S. Martin, who for a number of years had been physician on the Blackfeet
Reservation, you said: “It appears that some time ago Dr. Martin deserted his
wife and family and was married to an Indian woman on this reservation, and he
is now living with her on her allotment. Dr. Martin is a man who has the habit
of using morphine and is also a man who drinks to excess. He was informed by
Superintendent Churchill, my predecessor that he would not be permitted to
practice medicine on this reservation owing to the fact that he had been
relieved from Government Service and also to the fact that he is unable to pass
the State examination and cannot get a license to practice medicine in the
State of Montana.
He persists in practicing among the Indians and causes a great deal of trouble
for the Government physicians at this place.” And that on September 18, 1913,
you concurred in a recommendation made by Supervisor Lipps for the employment
of Dr. Martin as a Government Physician on the reservation saying that: “Dr.
Martin is a good physician, and the Indians like him and have confidence in him
and he will render satisfactory service.” An examination of the files of this Office
show that several times your attention has been directed to acts committed by
you which tended to discredit your administration, and especially to the cases
involving the ejection of Mr. Selectman, a public school teacher, from the
reservation, and charges of improper interference with the execution of process
issuing out of State Court. In commenting on this latter case, the Department
informed the Office on April 13, 1913: “The Department has carefully examined
the testimony and related papers in this case.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.109-110
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